Tag: Netanyahu
Israeli PM rejects German FM assertion that Israel seeks ‘two-state solution’
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu publicly rejected an assertion Wednesday by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel that Israel actively sought a “two-state solution.”
Following a meeting between the two leaders in Jerusalem, Gabriel stated that he...
Eritrea, Sudan, Israel and my personal conscience
The disgraceful attempt by President Trump to expel 200,000 legal Salvadoran residents from our country as well as Haitians and others from "s…hole" countries has received extensive media coverage. It warrants no additional comments...
US Jewish groups call on Netanyahu to stop deportation of African migrants
The Anti-Defamation League and the refugee protection group Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing “grave concerns” over an Israeli government plan to deport or...
‘Several countries’ in talks with Israel on moving embassies, PM says
Israel is in contact with several countries “seriously considering” following in the footsteps of the US, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving their embassies to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN in an interview...
Netanyahu calls Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital ‘an important step towards peace’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is “an important step towards peace.”
Netanyahu in a statement issued Wednesday moments after President Donald Trump made the announcement from...
Netanyahu rival Avi Gabbay vows to coddle US Jews if elected PM
If Avi Gabbay becomes Israel’s next prime minister, he wants you to know he loves American Jews.
Gabbay, the latest head of Israel’s Labor Party, was in this city on a series of meet-and-greets with...
Iran is like Nazi Germany in its ‘ruthless commitment to murder Jews’ – Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister went on another fiery tirade against Iran, comparing the Islamic Republic with Hitler’s Germany, claiming both shared the goal to exterminate all Jews.
“Obviously, there are some differences between the Nazi Germany...
Can Israeli left make peace with Judaism?
One of the most recognized photos from the Six-Day War documented paratroopers looking with awe at the Western Wall, as it was just liberated on June 7, 1967. Yet it seems that if it were up...
Netanyahu staves off coalition threat after Litzman quits
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement with the heads of the United Torah Judaism and Shas parties Sunday night and claimed to have ended a coalition crisis over Israel Railways work done on Shabbat that...
Don’t punish Israel for Netanyahu’s Realpolitik
Yes, it may be easier to be a Reform or Conservative Jew in Canada than it is in Israel. That’s how I read the title of last month’s symposium at York University in Toronto,...